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Ruff day in court: Supreme Court sides with Jack Daniel's in dispute with makers of dog toy

Ruff day in court: Supreme Court sides with Jack Daniel's in dispute with makers of dog toy

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday gave whiskey maker Jack Daniel's reason to raise a glass, handing the company a new chance to win a trademark dispute with the makers of the Bad Spaniels dog toy.

India angered by apparent Sikh parade float in Canada portraying assassination

OTTAWA — India's foreign minister is condemning images of a parade said to have occurred in Brampton, Ont., which seemed to portray the 1984 assassination of prime minister Indira Gandhi by her two Sikh bodyguards.
Premier remains mum on funding to search landfill for remains of two women

Premier remains mum on funding to search landfill for remains of two women

WINNIPEG — The decision to search a Winnipeg-area landfill for the remains of two First Nations women and who will fund it remains up in the air a month after a feasibility study was completed.
Alberta premier plays down prospect of advisory council of defeated candidates

Alberta premier plays down prospect of advisory council of defeated candidates

EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is playing down an earlier pledge to create a council of defeated Edmonton candidates to advise her.
Trudeau says kids denied a Pride flag at their schools have one on Parliament Hill

Trudeau says kids denied a Pride flag at their schools have one on Parliament Hill

OTTAWA — Children who do not see a Pride flag at their schools should know one is flying for them on Parliament Hill, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday, as he condemned the sharp rise in laws curtailing the rights of transgender people acro

Supreme Court rules for nursing home patient's family, declines to limit civil rights lawsuits

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled for the family of a nursing home resident with dementia that had sued over his care, declining to use the case to broadly limit the right to sue government workers.
Donald Trump's lawyers seek to cut sex abuse jury award from $5M to under $1M

Donald Trump's lawyers seek to cut sex abuse jury award from $5M to under $1M

NEW YORK (AP) — The $5 million awarded to a columnist by a jury that concluded she was sexually abused in the 1990s by Donald Trump in a New York luxury department store should be reduced to less than $1 million, the former president's lawyers told a
Federal Liberals want to make hybrid work permanent for members of Parliament

Federal Liberals want to make hybrid work permanent for members of Parliament

OTTAWA — The federal Liberals want to make virtual participation in the House of Commons a permanent option for members of Parliament and they are vowing to make sure that happens before any can go home for the summer.
Ex-adviser to PM says government's approach to classified intel 'particularly weak'

Ex-adviser to PM says government's approach to classified intel 'particularly weak'

OTTAWA — A former top adviser to the prime minister said Thursday that a memo warning about Beijing's alleged targeting of Conservative MP Michael Chong was produced after he retired — but he was aware of issues in the way intelligence is handled.
Amended bill that would extend citizenship rights to some born abroad heads to House

Amended bill that would extend citizenship rights to some born abroad heads to House

OTTAWA — A committee of MPs approved Citizenship Act changes that allow some born abroad to adopt their Canadian parent's citizenship Wednesday, despite objections from Conservatives about a lack of due process.